Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

reached the hotel entrance and saw her on the phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by

“Keep our legal team on the case. If Dalia’s son gets a ten–year

this with lan

witnessed her

Carlene, it seemed natural that she would take on the

determined not to let her have her way. So after she

his eyes red from the smoke and, in part, from his anger at

Maja slowly turned around to

the lit cigarette elegantly,

will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll also protect them.”

to do it, and it

a

He was ruthless with his

rarely took action himself, but when he did, he

on now was impossible.

lan really did follow through, all her recent efforts would be in

like a ferocious wolf, and she was nothing more than a

his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her chin, kissed her, and blew smoke into

strong nicotine

she felt uncomfortable, her eyes reddening from the

looking at her with a hint of ruthlessness in

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